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Attention: LDS Church Releases Update to Watershed Article on Race and the Priesthood

In 2013, the LDS Church released an article called Race and the Priesthood that was recently updated on LDS.org. The essay goes into historical background and context of the American west in regards to Mormonism and its history to race. Before 1978, the Church excluded black membership from ecclesiastical office and the blessings of the priesthood. Black men and women were also denied the opportunity to participate in the highest rituals performed in LDS Temples.